Book Clubs
A monthly book discussion on various topics and genres.
Upcoming Book Discussions
Long Island Reads
Wednesday, April 22: 6:30pm
Come discuss this year’s Long Island Reads pick The Doorman by Chris Pavone. Copies of the book will be available first come first served.
AAPI Book Discussion
Wednesday, May 20: 6:30pm
Read Good People by Patmeena Sabit and meet up to discuss.
A bimonthly mystery book discussion.
Upcoming Book Discussions
A Murder Mystery Book Discussion
Wednesday, May 6: 6:30pm
Read Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney and meet up to discuss.
Sign up beginning April 1
“Author Grady Green calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, then nothing. When he finds her car by the cliff edge, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared. A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. Then he sees the impossible — a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.”
Past Picks:
MARCH 2026
Welcome back to S&S! In March we read Fair Play by Louise Hegarty.
“Louise Hegarty’s genre-splicing debut is a treat—clever, confident, and always surprising, a mystery story that ingeniously escapes the locked room of the genre to take on the biggest questions of life and death.”
DECEMBER 2025
For our final meeting of 2025, the Sip & Sleuth group read The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson.
“An American art student in London is invited to join a classmate for the holidays at Starvewood Hall, her family’s Cotswold manor house. But behind the holly and pine boughs, secrets are about to unravel, revealing this seemingly charming English village’s grim history.“
OCTOBER 2025
Our October Sip & Sleuth selection, The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
“When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest woman, she’s also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House. But in the aftermath of her death, her adopted son, Camden, wants little to do with the house or the money. Ten years later, his uncle’s death pulls Cam back into the family fold at Ashby House.
AUGUST 2025
Do you love an unhinged, unreliable narrator with questionable motives and great vibes? This summer, we’re diving into stories of offbeat, chaotic, and compelling protagonists.
“Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. Taut, propulsive, and impossible to look away from, Emma Cline’s The Guest is a spellbinding literary achievement.”
JUNE 2025
To celebrate Pride Month, we discussed The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill.
“A poignant and enchanting novel about a magical bookstore that transports a trans man through time and brings him face-to-face with his teenage self, offering him the chance of a lifetime to examine his life and identity to find a new beginning.”
MAY 2025
In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, we read Happiness Falls by Angie Kim.
“When a father goes missing, his family’s desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another–both a riveting page-turner and a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis from the award-winning author of Miracle Creek.”
APRIL 2025
Back in action after our winter hiatus, we read Salt Water by Katy Hays
“In 1992 Sarah Lingate is found dead below the cliffs of Capri, leaving behind her three-year-old daughter, Helen. Despite suspicions that the old-money Lingates are involved, Sarah’s death is ruled an accident, and every year the family returns to prove it’s true.”
JANUARY 2025
In January we read Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates
“From bestselling author Darcy Coates comes Dead of Winter, a remote cabin in the snowy wilderness thriller that will teach you to trust no one. There are eight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run.”
DECEMBER 2024
For our final discussion of 2024, we read The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Leonie Swann
“A quirky group of seniors attempts to solve one murder while covering up another—with the help of an enterprising tortoise—in this twisty, darkly funny cozy mystery.”
NOVEMBER 2024
In November we read The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
“It all began with a secret, fifteen years ago. Now the past has crashed the party. And it’ll end in murder at… The Midnight Feast.”
